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A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 [Remaster] (CD)Album Notes
| Miscellaneous |
| Art Blakey Quintet: Art Blakey (drums); Lou Donaldson (alto saxophone); Clifford Brown (trumpet); Horace Silver (piano); Curly Russell (bass). |
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| Producer: Alfred Lion. |
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| Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna. |
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| Recorded live at Birdland, New York, New York on February 21, 1954. Originally released on Bluenote (1522). Includes liner notes by Bob Blumenthal. |
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| Digitally remastered using 24-bit technology by Rudy Van Gelder. |
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| This is part of Blue Note's Rudy Van Gelder Editions series. |
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| Art Blakey's pre-Messengers quintet are in fine form on this second volume of A NIGHT AT BIRDLAND, a date that Blakey later claimed to be the "first time I enjoyed a record session." Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Curley Russell, original Messengers leader Horace Silver and the powerful Art Blakey present a night of hard-swinging tunes and astounding soloing that defines the state of modern jazz in 1954. |
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| Blakey launches into a raucous solo to introduce the sizzling "Wee Dot" as the set's opener. Switching gears, Donaldson is then featured on the classic "If I Had You," a bluesy ballad that gets a lift by the saxophonist's shimmering tone. The heat is back on, though, as a lightning-quick alternate take of Silver's "Quicksilver" will leave you breathless in its wake. A delightful arrangement of Jerome Kern's "The Way You Look Tonight" gives us a hint of the future Messengers sound. The end of the set appropriately features two Bird classics--the exemplary "Now's The Time" and the furious "Confirmation"-- both receiving excellent performances that cap off a memorable night of jazz. |
Album Details
| Album Title | A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 [Remaster] |
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| Number of Discs | 1 |
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| Engineer | Rudy Van Gelder |
| Mono/Stereo | Mono |
| Studio/Live | Live |
| Label | Blue Note Records (USA) |
| Catalog Number | 32147 |
| Release Date | 07/31/2001 |
| Import | No |
| UPC | 724353214722 |
Also See
| Performers |
| Bley, Paul; Bluesiana Triangle; Coltrane, John; Davis, Miles; Fuller, Curtis; Jazz At The Philharmonic...; Jazz Messengers; Message; Moody, James; Original Soundtrack; Stitt, Sonny; Williams, James (Piano) |
| Albums |
| At the Cafe Bohemia Vol. 3 [Remaster]; Complete Lee Kraft Sessions; In Walked Sonny; Introducing Paul Bley; Jazz et Cinema V.2 [Remaster]; Les Liaisons Dangereuses; New Sounds; Nouvelle Vague on CD (Sdtk); The Art of Blakey; The Magical Trio |
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